I have been freelancing for the last 4 years. I came to write recently for a cryptocurrency website which shut down within one month of my hiring. Along with me, an in-house editor who was hired at the same time as me was also fired. This job was her first job after 3 years of maternity break. While I was pretty cool with the website shutting down, she took it rather badly. Reason: it broke her confidence even further down than what she was already feeling. She felt dejected and rejected after her break and one chance she had to prove herself had also fallen flat.